In this star-studded audiobook commissioned specially for audio, Abraham Lincoln and Harriet Beecher Stowe's narration is woven together with powerfully acted scenes from Uncle Tom's Cabin, the speeches and writing of Lincoln, Emerson, and others, bringing the Civil War to dazzling, authentic new life. Riveting dialogue, personal letters and the infamous Lincoln-Douglas debates reverberate with powerful relevance today. "America has never been so divided-except during the Civil War. I kept...

Zeeba is an American cat born on a Nebraska farm. The farmer meets a Persian man, Bahram, who is looking for two baby kittens for his daughter, Taraneh. The Persian family goes out to the farm and chooses Zeeba and her sister, Peeshi. The two kittens learn a new way of life, begin speaking the Farsi language, and lounge on colorful Persian carpets. She also lives all the usual perils of a cat's life and experiences love and loss. Through every lesson and trial, Zeeba remains smart, obedien...

This volume constitutes the state-of-the-art in active interrogation, widely recognized as indispensable methods for addressing current and future nuclear security needs. Written by a leading group of science and technology experts, this comprehensive reference presents technologies and systems in the context of the fundamental physics challenges and practical requirements. It compares the features, limitations, technologies, and impact of passive and active measurement techniques; describ...

At thirty-five, Marcus Carelli has it all: wealth, power, and the kind of looks that leave women breathless. A self-made billionaire, he heads one of the largest hedge funds on Wall Street and can take down major corporations with a single word. The only thing he’s missing? A wife who’d be as big of an achievement as the billions in his bank account. Twenty-six-year-old bookstore clerk Emma Walsh has it on good authority that she’s a cat lady. She doesn’t necessarily agree with that assess...

Find God's peace in today's anxious world with this year-long journey through the Bible.Today's teenagers are all too familiar with fear, anxiety, polarization, and performance pressure. The demands of an increasingly virtual world coupled with the instability of a culture of outrage and angst has left our teens anxious and vulnerable.Crafted with this reality in mind, God With You is a 52-week chronological exploration of God's story in Scripture....

Is the message of the Bible good news for women? Does God say "no" to women who desire to use their gifts to serve the church? What is the Bible's vision of true partnership between men and women? This book is about the profound, wonderful news that followers of Jesus are one in Christ, in their difference as women and men. It outlines the biblical pattern of serving together, without hierarchy or exclusion, for the good of God's people. The message of the Bible is good news for women, goo...

Find God's peace in today's anxious world with this year-long journey through the Bible.Today's teenagers are all too familiar with fear, anxiety, polarization, and performance pressure. The demands of an increasingly virtual world coupled with the instability of a culture of outrage and angst has left our teens anxious and vulnerable.Crafted with this reality in mind, God With You is a 52-week chronological exploration of God's story in Scripture....

When, in 1804, Josephine Bonaparte knelt before her husband Napoleon to receive the imperial diadem, few in the vast crowd of onlookers were aware of the dark secrets hidden behind the imperial façade. To her subjects, she appeared to be the most favored woman in France: alluring, wealthy, and with the devoted love of a remarkable husband who was the conqueror of Europe. In actuality, Josephine's life was far darker: her celebrated allure was fading, her wealth was compromised by massive ...

Socio-Anthropological Approaches to Religion: Environmental Hope interprets the fundamental functions of spirituality through the theories and practices of hope and understanding the futuristic aspiration of new religious movements. The book portrays a neutral notion of hope that can be either religious or humanistic in the face of the suffering or despair of present reality. The concept of hope (or hopelessness) is demonstrated in each chapter under the global circumstance of health risk....

Daughter of the Duke of Milan and wife of the conniving Count Girolamo Riario, Caterina Sforza was the bravest warrior Renaissance Italy ever knew. She ruled her own lands, fought her own battles, and openly took lovers whenever she pleased.Her remarkable tale is told by her lady-in-waiting, Dea, a woman knowledgeable in reading the "triumph cards," the predecessor of modern-day Tarot. As Dea tries to unravel the truth about her husband's murder, Caterina single-handedly holds off ...

The lives of the three daughters of Lord Curzon: glamorous, rich, independent and wilful.Irene (born 1896), Cynthia (b.1898) and Alexandria (b.1904) were the three daughters of Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India 1898-1905 and probably the grandest and most self-confident imperial servant Britain ever possessed.After the death of his fabulously rich American wife in 1906, Curzon's determination to control every aspect of his daughters' lives, including the money ...

From the national bestselling author of The Serpent and the Pearl comes the continuing saga of the ruthless family that holds all of Rome in its grasp, and the three outsiders thrust into their twisted web of blood and deceit . . .As the cherished concubine of the Borgia Pope Alexander VI, Giulia Farnese has Rome at her feet. But after narrowly escaping a sinister captor, she realizes that the danger she faces is far from over—and now, it threatens from wi...